Reasoning Knowledge

This section assesses students' inductive reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and number facility. The test presents a set of numbers, and the student is to select the number that would come next in the series.

Figure out the pattern from the given number series;
From the choices, select the one comes next in the series following the same pattern

Adding a certain number to get the next:
1. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
246810 ⇒
A) 12 B) 8 C) 10 D) 11 E) 15
[Correct Answer]:A
Deducting a certain number to get the next:
2. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
98765 ⇒
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 7 E) 0
[Correct Answer]:C
Adding the previous two numbers to get the next:
3. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
369152439 ⇒
A) 64 B) 63 C) 59 D) 66 E) 61
[Correct Answer]:B
Every 3 numbers repeat:
4. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
147147147 ⇒
A) 7 B) 4 C) 10 D) 13 E) 1
[Correct Answer]:E
Every 3 numbers repeat with order changes:
5. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

246624462246 ⇒
A) 8 B) 10 C) 6 D) 4 E) 2
[Correct Answer]:C
Every 4 numbers repeat:
6. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1
10

1
8

1
6

1
4

1
10

1
8

1
6

1
4

1
10

1
8

1
6

1
4

1
10
⇒
A)
1
8
B)
1
12
C)
1
14
D)
1
6
E)
1
4

[Correct Answer]:A
Every 4 numbers as a group:
7. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
12342234323442⇒
A) 4 B) 1 C) 3 D) 5 E) 2
[Correct Answer]:C
Adding one to both denominator and numerator to get the next fraction:
8. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

4
5

5
6

6
7

7
8

8
9
⇒
A)
9
8
B)
9
11
C)
8
10
D)
9
10
E)
11
10

[Correct Answer]:D
Each number is square number in sequence:
9. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

1491625 ⇒
A) 30 B) 54 C) 48 D) 36 E) 60
[Correct Answer]:D
Appending a digit following certain pattern to get the next number:
10. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
535353335333533 ⇒
A) 335333 B) 33353 C) 35333 D) 333533 E) 3335333
[Correct Answer]:D